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Missile Defense

MDA Conducts SM-6 Missile Raid Intercept Test

Monday, July 26th, 2021

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MDA Conducts SM-6 Missile Raid Intercept Test

An SM-6 is launched from the USS John Paul Jones (DDG-53) during Flight Test Standard Missile-27 Event 2 (FTM-27 E2) to intercept a medium-range ballistic missile (MBRB) target in 2017. (Photo: Missile Defense Agency)

The Navy and Missile Defense Agency (MDA) over the weekend fired four Standard Missile (SM)-6 Dual II missiles against a raid of two short-range ballistic missile targets, successfully intercepting at least one. MDA said in a statement that this test on July 24, Flight Test Missile (FTM)-33, was “the most complex mission executed” by the agency. The objective was to intercept a raid of two short-range ballistic missile targets with two SM-6 Dual II interceptor salvos consisting of four total…

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